The ad campaign is the latest in a series of early investments by the DCCC as Democrats look to preserve their ultra-narrow House majority in 2022.
Republicans will likely need to flip only about half dozen seats next year. With decennial redistricting likely to favor the GOP and a handful of House Democrats either retiring or running for higher offices, the party is hoping to pad its majority by targeting Republicans in competitive districts.
Key to their strategy is the American Rescue Plan, which provided much-needed relief to an economy struggling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Republicans voted unanimously to oppose that legislation, arguing for a more targeted stimulus package. But the bill has thus far proved popular with the American public and Republicans have touted some of its provisions, angering Democrats who say the GOP is trying to take credit for legislation they sought to defeat.
“This decision was made after careful consideration and consultation with interagency partners across the federal government as part of the whole-of-government response President Biden
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The move came a day after the first waiver was issued late Wednesday. DHS did not name either of the two companies receiving a waiver. The Hill has reached out for comment.
The waivers allow exceptions to the Jones Act, which typically requires products that are shipped between U.S. ports be transported by American vessels.
Following the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline last week, many Southeast states began to see fuel shortages, though analysts linked the bulk of the shortfalls to panic-buying by consumers.
A bipartisan group of more than a dozen House lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to defend pipelines against cyberattacks, with the bill coming on the heels of the devastating ransomware attack that forced
The bill was introduced in the wake of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which temporarily disrupted 45 percent of the East Coast’s fuel supply this week after the company chose to shut down the pipeline to protect operational controls.
Slotkin sent a letter to major pipeline owners and operators in Michigan earlier this week in an effort to urge them to strengthen their cybersecurity protocols in the wake of the attack.
She pointed to the Colonial Pipeline incident on Friday in underlining the need for the new legislation.
“Cyber attacks like the ones launched against the Colonial Pipeline have the potential to devastate our economy and our way of life,” Slotkin said in a statement. “Even if the intent behind an attack is only to steal money or hold data for ransom, the broader consequences can be enormous for our national and economic security, as we’ve seen from public panic and subsequent gas shortages in a number of states on the East Coast this we
“I was never going to support Joe Biden It was a vote based on policy, based on substance and in terms of the kinds of policies he put forward that were good for the country. But I think it s fair to say that I regret the vote,” Cheney said.
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Cheney and Trump have traded intense blows this year, with the Wyoming Republican vocally refuting the former president s claims that the 2020 election was stolen, in turn sparking fierce backlash from Trump.
Trump, who has remained vocal months after leaving office, advocated for Cheney to be removed from her leadership position in the House which GOP lawmakers voted to do Wednesday.